Territory of Hawaii 



TO PROVIDE FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF 



Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry 



Appropriations for same Passed by the 
Legislature of I9°3- 



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HAWAIIAN GAZETTE C O., Ltd. 



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Act 44. 



An Act to Provide for the Encouragement and Protection' 
of Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry. 

Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii. 

DEFINITK )X. 

Section r. Whenever in this Act the word "Board" is used 
it shall refer and mean the Hoard of Commissioners of Agricult- 
ure and Forestry, by this Act provided for. 

APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS. 

Section 2. There shall be a Hoard of Commissioners of Ag- 
riculture and Forestry of five members, who shall be appointed 
by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 

The Superintendent oi Public Works of the Territory shall be 
ex officio a member of said Board, with the same powers and 
herein prescribed for the other members of said Board, 
excepl as otherwise herein provided. 

One of said Commissioners shall he appointed to hold office 
for one year, oik- for two years, one for three years, on< For 
four years, and one for five years from January rst, 1004. 

n the expiration of the respective terms of the said Com 
missioners, their respective successors shall he respectively ap- 
pointed for a term of five years. 

I poii a vacancy occurring in said hoard, a Commissioner shall 
be appointed to till such vacancy lor the remainder of the unex- 
pired term. 

( >RGANIZATK >.\ < IF B( >ARD. 

ion .v Immediately upon their appointment the Com- 
missi* ners shall elect one of their members President and another 



Secretary of the Board. The Board shall have power to, from 
time to time, change its officers. A majority of the members of 
said Board shall constitute a quorum thereof, with power to 
transact any business within the powers or jurisdiction of the 
Board. 

EXPENSES OF- BOARD. 

Section 4. The members of the Board appointed under this 
Act, shall serve without pay. The Superintendent of Public 
Works shall receive no pay for services performed by him under 
the terms of this Act other than the salary appropriated by the 
Legislature for his said office of Superintendent of Public Works. 

The Board shall be entitled to pay the traveling expenses with- 
in the Territory of its members, when actually engaged in busi- 
ness relating to the work of the Commission, and also all cost of 
postage, stationery, correspondence, records, printing, and other 
expenses necessarily or properly incidental to the business of the 
Board. 

DUTIES OF THE BOARD. 

Section 5. It shall be the duty of the Board: 

(1) Information and Statistics. To gather, compile, tabu- 
late, furnish and publish, from time to time, information and 
statistics. 

(a) Forestry. Concerning the area, location, character and 
natural and artificial increase of forests, and the natural, arti- 
ficial and accidental decrease of the same, in the Territory of 
Hawaii, and to prepare and publish maps illustrating; the same 
as far as possible ; 

And also concerning the best kinds of trees, plants and shrubs 
to plant in different localities, suggestions for the care and prop- 
agation of trees and shrubs both from an economic and an orna- 
mental standpoint, and other useful information of a similar char- 
acter, which the Board in its discretion may deem proper. 

(b) Entomology and Plant Pathology. Concerning insects, 
scales, blights and diseases injurious, or liable to become inju- 



rious, to trees, plants or other vegetation, the ways and means 
of exterminating such pests and diseases aforesaid as are already 
in the Territory and preventing the introduction of those not yet 
here. 

(c) Genera! Agriculture. Concerning fruits, fibres, and use- 
ful or ornamental plants and their introduction, development and 
care, and concerning the manufacture or exportation of the same 
with a view to introducing, establishing and fostering new and 
valuable plants and industries. 

(d) Co-operation zvith oilier Organizations. The Board 
shall in all r espects endeavor, as far as possible, to encourage, 
work in harmony and co-operate with, the Federal Agricultural 
Experiment Station established in this Territory, and with all 
private persons or organizations doing work of an experimental 
or educational character, coming within the scope of the subject 
matters of this Act, and to avoid, as far as practicable, duplicating 
the work of such person or organization. 

(2) Library. To secure copies of the laws of other states, 
territories and countries, and other publications germane to the 
subject matter of this Act, and make the same available for pub- 
lic information and consultation. 

( } i Rules and Regulations. To make rules and regulations, 
and tc amend the same from time to time in their discretion, 
subject to the approval of the Governor, for and concerning the 
introduction, transportation and propagation of trees, shrubs and 
plants and the preservation, protection, extension and utilization 
of forests and forest reserves, both natural and artificial; for the 
quarantine, inspection, fumigation, disinfection, exclusion or de- 
struction, either upon introduction into this Territory, or at any 
time or place within the Territory, of any soil, nursery stock, 
tree, sugar cane, shrub, plant, flower, vine, cutting, graft, cion, 
bud. sec 1. lot, fruit pit, fruit, vegetable, leaf. nut. or other vege- 
table growth or other substances, and any box. barrel, package 
or packing material or containers in which said articles or any 
of them have been transported or contained which is or may be 
infected with or liable to assist in the transmission or dissemina- 



lion of any insect, blight, scale or disease injurious, or liable to 
become injurious to trees, plants or other vegetation of value. . 

Included therein may be rules and regulations governing the 
shipping between the different islands of this Territory of any or 
all of the nursery stock, trees and other articles in this sub-section 
herein above enumerated. 

And also with power to prohibit the importation into the Ter- 
ritory from any or all foreign countries, or other parts of the 
United States, or the shipment from one island within the Terri- 
tory to another island therein, of any specific article, or class of 
articles above enumerated, which are liable to introduce or dissem- 
minatc, or assist in the introduction or dissemination of any in- 
sect, blight, scale or disease, injurious, or liable to become injuri- 
c.'us to trees, plants, or other vegetation of value.. All rules and 
regulations made as aforesaid shall have the force and effect of 
law. 

(4) Superintendent of Forestry Department. To appoint a 
Superintendent of Forestry, who shall have charge, direction and 
control (subject to the direction and control of the Board) of all 
matters relating to forestry, mentioned in or coming within the 
scope of this Act, and such other matters as the Board may from 
time to time direct ; and who shall be paid such salary as may be 
appropriated by the Legislature. 

Foresters To appoint and commission in each district of the 
Territory, one or more foresters, and the same at their pleasure 
to remove, who shall serve without pay, to assist the Board to 
carry out the terms and intent of this law. 

Said Superintendent of Forestry shall be a trained and edu- 
cated forester, who shall have made the subject of forestrv a 
special study, and if such a man is available, one who has had 
practical training and experience in connection with forestry 
in a tropical country. 

Assistants and Rangers. To appoint, remove and fix the com- 
pensation of assistant Foresters and Forest Rangers, who shall 
have police powers in and concerning all matters relating to or 
connected with forests or forest reservations and the enforcement 



of any of the provisions of this Act, and such other persons as 
the Commission may employ. 

(5) Care of Forestry Reservations. To have the care, cus- 
tody, control and regulation of all lands which may he set apart 
as forest reservations, under the terms of this Act. 

(6) Protection of Forests and Water Supply To devise ways 
and means of protecting - , extending', increasing and utilizing the 
forests and forest reserves, more particularly for protecting and 
developing the springs, streams and sources of water supply, so 
as to increase and make such water supply available for use. 

(/) Self-Support of Forests. To devise and carry into op- 
eration, ways and means by which forests and forest reservations 
can, with due regard to the main objects herein set forth, be made 
self-supporting in whole or in part. 

(8) Fencing and Exclusion of Slock. To secure as speedily 
as possible, either by private co-operation or by public appro- 
priation, the erection and maintenance of fences to exclude live 
stock from forest reservations, and the removal from such reser- 
vations of the live stock running thereon, including the killing the 
same if necessary. 

(9) Superintendent of Entomological Department. To ap- 
point a Superintendent of Entomology, who shall have charge, 
direction and control (subject to the direction and control of the 
Board) of all matters relating to the exclusion or eradication of 
insects, scales, blights and diseases injurious, or liable to become 
injurious, to trees, plants or other vegetation of value; and re- 
lating to the quarantine, inspection, disinfection, exclusion or de- 
struction of any plant, article or substance injurious, 
or liable to become injurious to trees, plants or other veg- 
tation of value mentioned in or coming within the scope of 
this Act, and of such other matters as the Board may from 
time to time direct; and who shall be paid such salary as may he 
appropriated by the Legislature. 

The said Superintendent of Entomology shall be a trained and 
educated Entomologist, who has made the subject of Entomology 
as related to Agriculture a special study; and. if such a man is 



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available, one who has had practical training and experience in 
connection with Entomology in a tropical country. 

(10) Assistant Entomologists and Inspectors. To appoint 
and commission one or more Assistant Entomologists, one of 
whom shall be selected especially for his fitness to procure from 
abroad beneficial insects and growths for the eradication of in- 
sects, blights, scales and diseases injurious to vegetation of value 
and for the destruction of injurious vegetation; and such Inspect- 
ors and other employees as may be necessary for the proper car- 
rying into effect of this Act, and the same at their pleasure to 
remove, and to fix the compensation of said Assitsant Entomolo- 
gists and Inspectors.. 

(n) Buildings and Apparatus. To provide such building's, 
grounds, apparatus and appurtenances as may be necessary or 
proper for the examination, quarantine, inspection and fumiga- 
tion provided for by this Act ; and for the obtaining, propagation, 
study and distribution of beneficial insects, growths and antidotes 
for the eradication of insects, blights, scales or diseases injurious 
to vegetation of value and for the destruction of injurious vege- 
tation ; and also any other apparatus or appurtenances necessary 
or proper for the purposes of carrying this Act into execution. 

(12) Conflict of Authority. The several Superintendents 
and other officers appointed under the terms of this Act shall act 
in harmony and co-operate with each other; but in case any ques- 
tion involving a conflict of authority shall arise, the Board shall 
decide the same, and such decision shall be final. 

(13) Supervision of Expenditures and Records. To super- 
vise and direct all officers and employees authorized by this Act 
and the expenditures of all moneys appropriated for the purposes 
set forth in this Act, and of the special fund herein provided for. 
All receipts, expenditures and proceedings of the Board shall be 
duly recorded in proper books of record and account, and moneys 
shall be paid out only on proper vouchers in accordance with law, 
and upon the counter-signature of the Superintendent of Public 
Works. 



(14). Further Legislation. To formulate and from time to 
time recommend to the Governor and Legislature of the Territory 
such additional legislation as they deem necessary or desirable 
for the the better securing of the objects of this law. 

(15) Annual Reports. To make and publish, at the end of 
each year, a report of the expenditures and proceedings of the 
Board and of the results achieved by the Board, together with 
such other matters as are germane to the subject matter of this 
Act, and which the Board may deem proper. 

RESERVATION OF GOVERNMENT LAND FOR FOR- 
ESTRY PURPOSES. 

Section 6. ■ The Governor may, with the approval of a ma- 
jority of the Board, after a hearing or hearings as hereinafter 
provided, from time to time set apart any Government land or 
lands not then under lease, or on which there is a lease o! two 
years or less, as forest reservations. Any lands so set apart shall 
not thereafter be leased or sold by the Government, or used in any 
way or for any purposes inconsistent with this Act, except by law- 
fully enacted hy the Legislature. 

Section 7. In all cases (not including roads and city lots), 
in which it shall he proposed under the provisions of Section 
178 or 255 of the Civil Laws, by any person or official that an) 
public land or any interest therein, shall lie disposed of either by 
way of quit-claim, sale, exchange, compromise or equitable settle 
ment, no action shall he taken on such matter until tin- same shall 
first have been referred to and approved by the Hoard, which, 
i"i receiving notice of any such proposed action, shall fully con- 
sider the same. If the Board shall then disapprove the proposed 
action it shall notify the Governor accordingly and such pro- 
posed action shall not he taken. 

\< >TICE ( >F HEARING. 

Section 8. Before setting aparl any Government lands under 
this section, the Governor shall give not less than fourteen days' 
notice, 1>v advertisement in not less than two newspapers pub- 



Hshed in this Territory, of intention to consider the setting- apart 
of government land for forestry reservations under this Act, 
which notice or notices shall contain the name or names of the 
[sland or Islands and of the district or districts in which the pro- 
posed forest reservation or reservations are located, and shall fur- 
ther appoint a time or times, place or places, for hearing evidence 
and arguments either for or against the setting apart of said 
proposed forest reservations under this Act. 

HEARINGS. 

Section 9. At the time and place named for any such hear- 
ing or hearings a f nil hearing shall be given by the Governor and 
the Board, to all who desire to be heard upon the. subject matter 
of the said notice. The hearing or hearings held in pursuance of 
said notice or notices shall be public, and shall be conducted un- 
der such rules and regulations as the Governor in his discretion 
may direct Any such hearing may lie continued, postponed or 
adjourned to such time or times, place or places as the Governor 
may direct. 

VESTED RIGHTS. 

Section 10 Provided, however, that nothing herein con- 
tained shall be held to in any way interfere or conflict with 
any vested rights under or arising out of any grant, 
grants, lease or leases, license or licenses, of or con- 
cerning any government land or water rights, or rights of way, 
heretofore made. 

Nor shall anything herein contained be construed to change 
any rights in or concerning any water upon or flowing from or 
through any land set apart or surrendered as a forest reserve, 
or as depriving or limiting any Territorial officer from exer- 
cising" any existing power or authority or any power which may 
hereafter be created to deal with said water or water rights, or 
rights of way. 

F( )REST RESERVE ON PRIVATE LANDS. 

Section ri. Any person or persons, corporation of corpora- 






tions, may at any time surrender to the Government the care, 
custody and control of any lands, whether held under lease or in 
fee, as a forestry reservation, either for one or more years, or 
forever. 

No taxes shall be levied or collected upon any private lands 
so surrendered for the 1 purposes aforesaid, so long as the same 
shall remain exclusively under the control of the Government as 
a forestry reservation. 

SPECIAL FORESTRY FUND. 

Section* 12. In case any moneys shall accrue from any for- 
estry reserve, or the products thereof, the same shall he deposited 
in the Treasury as a special fund for the preservation, extension 
and utilization of forests and forgst reserves, and the same shall 
he there held availahle for use under this Act. subject to with- 
drawal and use in the same manner as moneys appropriated by the 
] legislature. 

IMPORTATION OF PLANTS, FRUIT, ETC. 

Section 13. No soil, nursery stock, tree, sugar cane, shrub, 
plant, flower, vine, cutting, graft, cion, bud, seed, root, fruit pit, 
fruit, vegetable, leaf, nut, or moss shall he imported into the 
Territory of Hawaii except in the manner, and upon the terms 
and conditions hereinafter set forth, viz.: 

(j) Labels. A label shall he affixed to the article desired to 
be imported, or if it is enclosed, to the box, barrel, ease, pack- 
age or other container in which it is enclosed, which label shall 
•ri forth.: 

(a 1 The name, number or amount, and description of the 
said article or articles. 

(b) The locality where the same was produced. 

l'c) The port from which the same was last shipped. 

(d) The name of the shippei of said article or articles. 

(ei The name of the consignee of said article or articles. 

(2) Request for Inspection. In addition to any requirements 
of the customs authorities concerning invoices or other formalities 



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incident to importations into the Territory, the importer shall file 
a written statement with the Board, signed by himself, or his 
agent or attorney, which shall set forth his desire to import certain 
articles into the Territory, which articles shall be described as fol- 
lows, viz. : 

fa) The name, number or amount, and description of the said 
article or articles ; 

fb) The localtiy where the same was produced; 

(c) The port from which the same were last shipped; 

(d The name of the shipper thereof: 

(e) The name of the consignee thereof. 

The said statement shall also contain a request that the Board 
examine, or cause to be examined, the articles described as afore- 
said, and agreeing to be and become responsible for all costs, 
charges and expenses incident to the inspection, examination, fu- 
migation, disinfection, quarantine and care of said articles de- 
sired to be imported. 

(3) Blanks. Suitable blanks shall be furnished by the Board, 
upon which to make such requests, which blanks may provide for 
the insertion of other statements, and may contain other require- 
ments which the Board, in its discretion and under the authority 
herein contained to make rules and regulations, may direct. 

(4) Inspection. Immediately upon receipt of a request for 
inspection, in accordance with the provisions hereinabove set 
forth, or as soon thereafter as reasonably practicable, an inspector 
of the Board shall inspect the said articles desired to be im- 
ported. 

(5) Place of Inspection The said inspection may. in the 
discretion of the said Inspector, be made on the vessel importing 
the same, on the wharf adjacent thereo, or any other convenient 
place or places which he may indicate ; but said article or articles 
shall in no case be removed from the vessel importing the same 
except upon a written permit signed by said Inspector. 

(6) L'n packing or Removing. If, in the discretion of said 
Inspecto'-, it is necessary, advisable or proper, in order to more 
fully inspect the said articles, to unpack the said articles, or any 



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of them ; or to remove them, or any of them, to any other place 
or places, he shall have authority so to do at the expense of the 

importer. 

(7) Permit to I in port. If, upon inspection as aforesaid, or 
at any time thereafter, if the said article or articles are held for 
further examination, the said Inspector shall he satisfied that the 
said articles desired to he imported, or certain of them, are free 
from insects, blight, scale and diseases injurious, or liable to be- 
come injurious, to trees, plants, or other vegetation of value, he 
shall give the importer a certificate of inspection, setting- forth the 
date of the inspection or inspections, a description of the articles 
inspected, and permitting them to be imported into this Territory. 

(8) Disinfection or Quarantine. If, in the opinion of said 
Inspector, it shall be necessary or proper for the better securing 
of the objects of this Act, to fumigate, disinfect or quarantine said 
article or articles, or any of them, be shall have authority so to do, 
at the expense of the importer. 

If, in the opinion of said Inspector, it shall be necessary or 
proper lo hold said article for continued observation or treat- 
ment in order to be certain that no infection as aforesaid exists, or 
that any infection which exists or may exist therein may be erad- 
icated, said Inspector may so hold said article or articles in quar- 
antine for said purpose or purposes. 

(9) Destruction of Plan's, Etc. If said Inspector shall at 
any time, either upon said first inspection or at any time there- 
after while the said article or articles are being held as afore- 
said, find that the same or any of them, are infected with or con- 
tain any insect, blight, scale or disease injurious, or liable to be- 
c ime injurious, to trees, plants, or other vegetation of value, he 
shall, in his discretion, destroy the same or hold the same for fur- 
ther treatment. 

(io) IVhat ('(institutes Importation. The landing of any 
article as aforesaid, for the purpose of inspection <»r quarantine, 

shall not be. nor lie construed to lie. an importation for the pur- 
pose of giving to the article or articles so landed any status, or the 
owner thereof any rights or privileges incident to the articles 



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which have been imported into the Territory ; but in legal effect 
the articles so landed for purposes of inspection shall be con- 
strued to still be without the Territory, seeking entry into the Ter- 
ritory, and shall not, in whole or in part, be entitled to be imported 
into this Territory until a permit so to do, as aforesaid, shall have 
been issued by the Board or Officer or Inspector thereof. 

(il) Exceptions to Right to Import. Nothing in this Act 
contained shall permit the importation of any article, or class 
of articles, or any article or class of articles from any particu- 
lar place, if the same, or any of them, have, by special rule or reg- 
ulation of the Board, as hereinbefore provided, been prohibited 
from importation into this Territory. 

(12) Port of Importation of Plants. No nursery stock, soil, 
tree, sugar cane, shrub, plant, flower, vine, cutting, graft, cion, 
bud, seed, root, leaf, nut, moss, or other vegetable growth (ex- 
cept hay, grain, fruit, vegetables and nuts for immediate consump- 
tion) shall be imported into the Territory of Hawaii, saving and 
excepting through the port of Honolulu only. 

SOILS. 

Section 14. No soil, sand, or rocks or stone having soil ad- 
hering thereto, brought to. this Territory as ballast, or separate 
from the roots of plants, trees or other vegetation, except such 
as are suitable for, and intended to be used as, or in the manu- 
facture of fertilizer, or for building, mechanical or monumental 
purposes, shall be allowed to be landed in this Territory. If any 
vessel comes to this Territory with soil, sand, rocks or stones 
having soil adhering thereto, on board as ballast or in bulk, and 
it is desired to remove the same, it shall, except as aforesaid, be 
dumped at sea. 

No soil or sand brought to this Territory in connection with 
or around the roots of plants, trees or other vegetation, or rocks 
or stones with soil or sand adhering to them, shall be allowed to 
be imported into this Territory, until the same shall have been 
removed to a suitable place for inspection and quarantine, and 
there held for such length of time as, in the discretion of the Board 
or its Officers or Agents, shall be necessary to prove that it is not 



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infected with insects, blights, scales, or diseases injurious to trees, 
plants or other vegetation of value. 

FEES FOR INSPECTION, QUARANTINE, ETC. 

Section 15. The Board shall, with the approval of the Govern- 
or, adopt a reasonable scale of charges, which maybe changed from 
time to time, for the inspection, disinfection, fumigation and 
quarantine, authorized, required or permitted by this Act. Cer- 
tificates and permits herein provided for concerning articles im- 
ported, or proposed to be imported, into this Territory, and the 
charges so provided for, shall be paid for in advance before any 
certificate or permit is delivered, or any of said articles are per- 
mitted to be landed. If thereafter further expense is incurred in 
the inspection, treatment or quarantine of any of said articles, the 
charges therefor shall be paid before any of said articles shall 
b^ delivered. 

PENALTY. 

Section 16. Any person violating any of the provisions of 
this Act, and any Master of any vessel which shall bring into this 
Territory any article which the Hoard shall at any time prohibit 
from being imported into this Territory; and the Master of any 
vessel from which shall be landed any article in this Act required 
to be inspected, until he shall have received a permit to land 
the said articles from the Board or its Officer or Inspector, as here- 
in provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be pun- 
ished by a fine not to exceed $500, or imprisonment as aforesaid, 
in the discretion of the Court. 

RIGHT ( >F APPEAL. 

Section' 17. Any person who shall feel aggrieved at any 
decision of any Inspector of the Board shall have the right to ap- 
peal from such decision to the Hoard. The Board shall give a 
prompt hearing to the appellant and the Inspector upon such ap- 
peal, and decide the question at issue, which decision shall be 
final. 



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EXPENDITURES. 

Section 18. All persons authorized to be employed by the 
Board, and all expenditures authorized to be made by the Board, 
except salaries and expenditures specially fixed by the Legislature, 
shall be paid out of tbe general appropriation for Agriculture and 
Forestry, 

ASSISTANCE. 

Section 19. The Board shall, so far as reasonably practica- 
ble, assist, free of cost to individuals, in the eradication of in- 
sects, blights, scale, and diseases injurious to vegetation of value; 
and shall in like manner distribute to points where needed, insects, 
growths and other antidoes for the eradication of insects, blights, 
scales and diseases injurious to vegetation of value, and for the 
eradication of vegetation of a noxious character. 

GENERAL POWERS. 

Section 20. For the purpose of consolidating the powers and 
authority relating to kindred matters, the powers and duties here- 
tofore vested in the Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry, 
are hereby transferred to and vested in the Superintendent of 
Public Works, who shall be the executive officer of the Board, 
subject to the superintendence and control of the Board. 

The Board shall also have superintendence and control of the 
execution and enforcement of all other existing statutes relating 
to Agriculture and Forestry, and all other matters which may 
hereafter be placed within their jurisdiction by the Legislature. 

Approved this 25th day of April, 1903. 

SANFORD B. DOLE, 
Governor of the Territorv of Hawaii. 






BOARD OK 

Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry 

— * A N D -C— 

APPROPRIATIONS FOR SAME PASSED BY THE 
LEGISLATURE OF 1903. 



Salaries and Pay Rolls, Six Months to Dec 31, 1903- 

Pay of Superintendent of For- 
estry $ 1,500.00 

Assistants, Rangers (to include 1 
Ranger for Molokai), Em- 
ployees and Laborers of Di- 
vision of Forestry 6,000.00 

Pay of Superintendent of Ento- 
mology 1,500.00 

Pay of Assistant Entomologists.. 2,500.00 

Assistants, Inspectors and Em- 
ployees of Division of Ento- 
mology 1.500.00 

Pay of Clerk and Messenger .... 300.00 

Pay of Stenographer and Type- 
writer 600.00 

Federal Experiment Station — 

Chemist ? 500.00 



Forward, $14,400.00 



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Brought Forward, $14,400.00 

Current Expenses. 



Incidentals and General Expenses 
of Hoard, including importa- 
tion, collection and propaga- 
tion of Seeds and Plants $ 2,000 00 

Apparatus and Library 250.00 

Trawling Expenses of Commis- 
sioners 125.00 

Incidentals, General Expenses and 
Maintenance of Division of 
Forestry, including fencing, 
building and tree propagation 5,000.00 

Traveling Expenses, Superintend- 
ent of Forestry 250 . 00 

Incidentals. General Expenses and 
Maintenance of Division of En- 
tomology, including buildings, 
disinfecting and quarantine 
expenses and material, impor- 
tation, propagation and dis- 
tribution of beneficial insects, 
and Traveling Expenses of En- 
tomologists : 2,500 . 00 

Farmers' Institute 75.00 

Agricultural and Horticultural 

Fairs 1,250.00 

Assistance to Federal Experiment 
Station at Honolulu, to be ex- 
pended under the direction of 
the Board 2,500.00 






Forward, $18,950 00 



$28,350.00 



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Brought Forward, 
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND FOR- 
ESTRY. 

Salaries and Pay Rolls Eighteen Months to June 30, 1905 — 

Salary of Superintendent of For- 
estry I 4,500.00 

Assistants, Laborers and Rangers, 

Division of Forestry 15,000.00 

Salary of Superintendent of En- 
tomology 4,500.00 

Pay of Assistant Entomologists. 7,500.00 

Pay of Assistants, Inspectors and 
Employees, Division of En- 
tomology 4,500.00 

Pay of Clerk and Messenger '900.00 

Federal Experiment Station. 

Chemist 1,500.00 

$38,400 00 

Current Expenses. 

Incidentals and General Expenses 
of Board, including importa- 
tion, collection and distribu- 
tion of seeds and plants -$ 6,000.00 

Apparatus and Library 750.00 

Travelling Expenses of Commis- 
sioners 375. Ou 

Incidentals, General Expenses 
and Maintenance of Division 
of Forestry, including build- 
ings, fencing and tree propa- 
gation * 15,000.00 

Travelling Expenses-, Superin- 
tendent of Forestry 750.00 

Forward, $22,875.00 $3S,40O 00 



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Brought Forward, $22,875.00 $38,400 00 

Incidentals, General Expenses 
and Maintenance of Division 
of Entomology, including 
buildings, disinfecting and 
quarantine expenses and ma- 
terial; importation, propaga- 
tion and distribution of bene- 
ficial insects, and travelling 
expenses of Entomologists . . 7,500.00 

Agricultural and Horticultural 

Fairs 3,500.00 

Farmers' Institute 225.00 

Assistance to Federal Experiment 

Station at Honolulu 7,500.00 $41,600 00 

$80,000.00 






BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND 
FORESTRY. 

Six months to December 31, 1903. .$ 28,350.00 
Eighteen months to June 30, 1905. 80,000.00 



108,350.00 



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